LOOKS LIKE FICTION BUT AT TIMES THEY ARE FACTS TOO!

From the ancient times to the modern digital age, all time reference to

THE HIGHEST FRIENDSHIP

Goes to the story of Damon and Pythias where each vied with the other in sacrificing self and safeguarding the friend which sacred relation is often described through the well known proverb..

• A good friend is like a four-leaf clover. Hard to find; lucky to have! (Irish Proverb)

Nonetheless..

As we scale down such friendship of rarity, the next level of 

TRUE FRIENDSHIP

Appears no less and is often defined thru' the well known proverbs..

• A friend in need is a friend indeed.
• A friend can sing you the song of your heart when you have forgotten. (English Proverb)

And

• A real friend walks in when rest of the world walks out!

There we are advised constantly thru' the proverb

• Make new friends but keep the old; one is sliver the other is gold! (English Proverb)

As

• Life without friendship is like sky without sun!(English Proverb)

And

• No road is too long in the company of a good friend. (Japanese proverb)

Ever qualifying such friendship thru' Sayings

• A man is known by friends he keeps.

• Having one 100 friends is too few; having one foe is too much! (Tibetan Proverb)

Further scaling down, the friendship settles at 

AVERAGE FRIENDSHIP

Involving give and take, most of the times the giving being based on the indirect well being of the individual of course the friend remaining helpful in exigencies with the ever applicable saying therein..

• The gap between an average friend and an acquaintance is not much!

Further down the ladder, it is a  

BELOW AVERAGE RELATION

With the applicable Saying,

• False friends are worse than open enemies!

As such a person can turn out to be a threat at times with the strength of knowing the secrets of his mate..

Steep down this relation, is the stage of

MEAN EXISTENCE

When the only reason of keeping intimacy seems to be thru' the oft remembered/mentioned precept

• 'With additional money, new friendships surface just in time!'

And sure there,

• The rich know not their friend!

Finally, it's no surprise to notice certain 

DANGEROUS CO-EXISTENCE

Too, with the Saying by the side..

• 'Where dishonesty rules, friends appear at lightning speed; become enemies at double that speed!'

Putting an end to that totally 

ONCE UPON A TIME WORSHIPPED RELATION!

Keyword: FRIENDSHIP